Garment-supporter



c. E. SAUER. GARMENT SUPPORTER. YAPPLICATION FILED 11411.29. 1915.

1,195,610. Patented Aug. 22,1916;

CATHERINE E. SAUER, JOFROCHESTER-NEW YonK.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedAug. 22, 1916.

Application filed iuaren 29, 1916. Serial No. 87,613.

i To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CAT ERIN E. SABER, acitizen of the UnitedjStatesand resident of Rochester, inthe county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Supporters, p of which. the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to i supporters and more particularly to the type employed for supporting hose, an object of this invention being to provide a construction which will engage the garment in such a manner that injury to the garment due to strains thereon will be prevented.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts all of Which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In'the drawings :Figure l is a view of a supporter constructed in accordance with this invention, the supporter being unattachedto a garment; Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of the supporter attached to a garment; Fig. 3 is a view, partly in section, showing the manner in which the flexible loop or member is wrapped about the button; Fig. 4 is a sectional view at right angles to that shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the supporting plate.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a supporting member or plate which may be connected to an elastic or other webbing 2 which is suspended from a plate 3, having a hook 3 that is engageable with a strap 4 secured to an undergarment at its ends. The form of the hook 3 is the same as the hook onthe plate 1 and will be hereinafter described.

The supporting member 1 carries a hook which is preferably bent from the member 1 to provide a tubular or sleeve portion 5, a portion 6 lying substantially parallel with and in close relation to the portion 1, and an outwardly-deflected portion 7 The ends of the tubular portion are extended and bent downward at 8 so that no sharp corners of metal will be provided for cutting the flexible member which engages with the hook.

To one side of the hook a sleeve or tubular member 9 is provided, having downwardlydeflected portions 10 at opposite ends. Through this tube or sleeve is. passed a strand of cord or other suitable flexible material, this strand being formed to provide two loops 11 and 12, and a knot 13 being formed in the strand to prevent the sliding of the strand through the tube-9. The loop 12 forms afiexible Suspender for a button 14, while the loopll is longer than the button suspender and serves as a flexible member whlch may be wrapped around the button and have its free end engaged with the hook'on the plate 1.

In using the garment supporter, the garment 15 is first placed over the button to cover the latter, after which the loop is wrapped about the button to completely surround the same, in the manner shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. The free end of the loop or flexlble member 11 is then engaged with the hook.

A garment supporter constructed in accordance with this invention is very effect1ve for securing a garment without placing straln on a few of the strands of the garment, owing to the fact that a wide portion of the garment is engaged over the button 14:, and the button is entirely surrounded by a flexible member. I This makes this device especially adapted to support silk hose, as the strain on the hose is distributed on a large number of the strands. The flexible member or loop 11 is held in the sleeve or tubular portion 5 by the extended parallel surfaces formed between the fiat portion 6 and the supporting member 1, and in this way the loop is not liable to become detached from the hook. The sleeves 5 and 9, as well as the hook 3 on the plate 3, are provided with lateral deflections which will prevent the cutting. of the cords by the metal plates. It is apparent that the invention is not limited to the form of the parts herein shown, but may be varied in many particulars within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim'as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A garment supporter comprising a supporting member, a button and a flexible member secured at one end to the supporting member, adapted to be wrapped about the button, and having its free end detachably engaging the supporting member at a point above the button and in proximity to the secured end.

2. A garment supporter comprising a supporting plate, a hook thereon, a button flexibly suspended from the plate at one side of the hook, and a loop of greater length than the button Suspender secured at one end to the plate at one side of the hook and engageable at its free end with the hook.

3. A garment supporter comprising a supporting member, a hook thereon, a button also carried by said supporting member, and a flexible member Secured at one end to the supporting member formed to be wrapped about the button between its ends and adapted to interlock with said hook at its free end.

r p 4. A garment supporter comprising a sup porting member, a button flexibly suspended therefrom, a hook on the supporting member, and a flexible member of greater length Copies of this patent may be obtained toithan the flexible suspender of the button to be wrapped about the button, the free end of said flexible member being eng'ageable V withvthe hook to hold the flexible member wrapped about the button.

5, A garment supporter comprising a supporting member, a rigid button, a flexible member secured at opposite ends to the supporting H18I11b81',tIlCl formed with aslip loop extending completely; about the but- 9 ton so as to tighten automatically on the button when strain is placed upon. the flexible member.

' CATHERINE E. 'SAU ER.

five cents each, bi addressing the Commissioner of I Patentb,

Washington, D. 0." i r 

